Americans (7)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">americans</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Yankee can informally mean an American)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for yankees that I've seen before include "Americans or northern states during civil war" , "US Civil War soldiers" , "Americans (sl.)" , "Americans who fought for the north in civil war" , "Northern soldiers in the American Civil War" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">americans</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Yank can informally mean someone from the US)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for yanks that I've seen before include "Physical jerks" , "Pulls sharply" , "Tugs" , "Americans; pulls" .)